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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the phrase "sucking the marrow out of life"?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who joins Keating at the teachers' dining table?

3. Where do Neil and Todd go for their first class in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 3, what subject does Charlie want to study in his room?

5. Where do Chris and Chet go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is chemistry class like the first day for the juniors?

2. What does Neil's father inform him at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Why does Mr. Keating take the junior boys to the Honor Room on the first day of classes?

4. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?

5. How does the convocation proceed in Chapter 1?

6. What is Latin class like the first day of school for the juniors?

7. What does Todd say when he is assigned his extracurricular activities for the year?

8. What do the boys begin to do in Chapter 7 as Pits reads?

9. What does Neil learn about Mr. Keating from Keating's senior annual?

10. What do Neil, Charlie, and Knox's parents want their sons to do for careers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A topic in Mr. Keating's class is poetry analysis. How does Mr. Keating believe that poetry should be analyzed?

Essay Topic 2

Neil asks Keating for advice when his father orders him to quit acting. What advice does Keating give and why?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Keating tells the boys to "seize the day." How does Mr. Keating want the boys to "seize the day" and how do they succeed at the effort?

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